یکم

Persian

Etymology

From یک (yek, “one”) +‎ ـم (-om, “-th, -st (ordinal number suffix)”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [jä.kʰʊ́m]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [jä.kʰʊ́m]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [jä.kʰúm]

Readings
Classical reading? yakum
Dari reading? yakum
Iranian reading? yekom
Tajik reading? yakum

Adjective

یکم • (yekom)

  1. (in compounds) first
    بیست و یکم ― bist o yekom ― twenty-first
  2. (archaic or rare) first

Usage notes

اول (avval) is the standard word for "first" in modern Persian. Compound numbers, however, are always formed with یکم (yekom).

Synonyms

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یکم (yakum).

Pronunciation

Noun

یَکُم • (yakum) m (Hindi spelling यकुम) (indeclinable)

  1. first day of the month

Adjective

یکم • (yakam)

  1. first
    Synonyms: پہلا (pahlā), اول (avval), نخست (nuxust)

References
  • “یکم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “یکم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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